Maya Lin :

Maya Lin : a strong clear vision / Ocean Releasing presents a Sanders & Mock/American Film Foundation production ; director/producer/writer, Freida Lee Mock ; producer, Terry Sanders ; executive producer, Eileen Harris Norton. - 1 videodisc (approximately 83 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

Title from container. "The story of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial and its inspiring creator"--Container. Originally produced as a motion picture in 1994. Special features include: filmmaker biography.

Introduction -- The contest -- The winner -- Bury the hatchet -- Doctor Lin -- Civil Rights Momorial -- Dedication -- Growing up -- African art -- Return to Ohio and Yale -- Presidio.

Directors of cinematography, Don Lenzer, Eddie Marritz ; editor, William T. Cartwright, Jr. ; music by Charles Bernstein. Directors of cinematography, Don Lenzer, Eddie Marritz ; editor, William T. Cartwright, Jr. ; music by Charles Bernstein.

Interviewees: Maya Lin, Vincent Scully, Jan Scruggs, Robert Doubek, Grady Clay, Tom Carhart, J. Carter Brown.

Reveals the origins of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial and tells the story of its 21 year old creator, a Yale architecture student. Lin's plan was selected from over 1,000 different designs. And what began as one of the country's most bitterly disputed monuments became one of the world's most inspirational and frequently visited memorials.


DVD; NTSC; Dolby Digital, stereo.

Academy Awards, 1995: Best Documentary, Features.

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Lin, Maya Ying


Vietnam Veterans Memorial (Washington, D.C.)
Women architects--United States--Biography.
Architects--United States--Biography
Chinese American architects--Biography.
Asian American architects--Biography.


Feature films
Documentary films
Nonfiction films

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